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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

Jerry Detwiler Big scam ripped out of 1800.00

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I bought a het. Albino boa proven adult from this guy.....she had her clutch today and no white(bred to my albino)....that's right 1800.00 for a normal old boa!!!! If anyone has any ideas please help.....Chris Henrich
 
Sorry to hear of your unfortunate story.
On the other hand, I do not understand why people continue to buy from this guy. He has countless threads on here about deals gone bad.
I would think people would do more research on people when handing over their hard earned money.

Not trying to come accross as being an a$$, just amazed that's all.
 
Not a Surprise

No surprise, as I got a "great deal" on a female wildcaught BCI that was guaranteed 110 % het for albino :(
Too bad it was also 110% guaranteed for mites, ticks, a URI and a nasty lower GI infection and is now fertilizing some of my roses ! We need to face the facts on this one, Jerry found himself in financial trouble and decided to sell anything and everything he got his hands on (sick, wc, rescues), making up the genetics for each as he went along.

His name is beyond repair at this point in the reptile community, so chances of any reimbursement are slim and none unfortunately !
 
Chris,
How far back are you talking? I have heard nothing but shady things for 6-7 years now......both here on the BOI, phone conversations, and other websites.
Just never seems to end.
 
Just to clarify myself, the latest string of threads that have popped up on this guy over the last year are far from all that has happened.........so not sure what you meant about "I bought this snake before all that went down".
Must be one hell of an old boa then.

Sad that people pull this kind of stuff. And people wonder why nobody is trusted anymore.
 
Contact Mike Yarrish

Chris - Contact Mike Yarrish on the Jerry situation. He's currently pursuing an issue concerning his not being refunded on a sickly adult male albino boa..

For myself I'll just wait until my next trip back East...
 
These kind of people need to taken out out of the business by any legal means possible!!
If I can help, please ask!
 
only 13.......and a few slugs.......I'm hoping for a high ratio on the female end so I can make back my bread.....Chris
 
Jerry disconnected his home phone AND his cell phone. It looks like he is hiding from all the people he ripped off.

Michael Yarish
 
Chris Red said:
only 13.......and a few slugs.......I'm hoping for a high ratio on the female end so I can make back my bread.....Chris
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I know some people will say that is not enough.
That you could just have bad luck.
Well they could be right.
If that is the case......then gosh darn you do have bad luck. DO NOT buy lottery tickets. Just send your money my way.

My kind of bad luck would have yeilded me one and only one albino.
at least I would have gotten one.

I guess what I am trying to say is.........I doubt you are that unlucky.
But I am crossing my fingers and hoping you just had bad luck.
and I am hoping for the best that you will prove it out next year.

And no I am not defending jerry. ( I am trying to just keep bad people away from my mind....I am trying to keep positive things in my mind at the moment)
All this negative people and all this negativity caused me not to produce anything this year. So I am rubbing the bad people out (trying anyway). They do not exist to me.

Good luck to you.....and may you have plenty of females
 
Jerry...................

Do a search on him, on the BOI. he ripped me off to
 
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